Inspirational Stories by Sudha Murthy
Women writers, like Sudha Murthy, are fast moving forward and being recognized for the originality,
versatility and the indigenous flavor of the soil that is recognized in her work. A prolific writer in English
and Kannada, Sudha might have started writing just about 10-12 years ago. She has written nine novels,
four technical books, three travelogues, one collection of short stories, three collections of non-fiction
pieces and two books for children and a collection of articles written periodically for columns. Sudha
Murthy’s books have been translated into all the major Indian languages and have sold over three lakh
copies around the country. She was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan’s Award for Literature and the
Padma Shri in 2006.
Mrs. Sudha Murthy was born and developed near Hubli in Karnataka and she belongs to a middle class
orthodox Brahmin family. She earned her degree in engineering with a gold medal in 1972 and had to
spent a considerable part of her early married years helping her husband start his dream company,
Infosys. She later took to writing when some newspapers in Kannada provided her opportunities by
allowing her to write permanent columns. Later on, her articles came out in the form of books, one of her
books, 'Wise and Otherwise' -a collection of column articles, is translated into 15 languages and more than
10,000 copies are sold in one year.
Sudha Murthy's writing enthralls us with her simplicity, minute observations, and wide knowledge of
human behavior. Her writing is just like her simple, intelligent and straight from the heart. Her books
make you experience of the power of real life stories and move you deeply even if they don’t come dressed
in fancy words.
Most of her novels are in Kannada and unlike many who are more at ease writing in English, she writes in
Kannada, her mother-tongue. Her main characters are women who are determined, educated, principled,
middle to lower middle class and who are distressed with the conflicts that modernity and change have
brought into their lives. Her protagonists are also concerned with values, money, fame, success and how
they influence their marriages and their relationships. She considers writing almost a religious calling.
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